Harvey CHARLESTON -– Shane Harvey has rejoined Jackson Kelly after more than a decade as in-house counsel at Massey Energy which was recently acquired by Alpha Natural Resources.
CHARLESTON -- GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Maloney recently told West Virginia voters that the Stella-Jones Corp. closed its Ripley plant in 2010 because a Jackson County jury awarded a former employee wages in an age discrimination lawsuit.
Lusk CHARLESTON -— The law firm Spilman Thomas & Battle has announced that member Neva G. Lusk served as teaching faculty for the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Trial Academy held at Stanford University Law School this summer.
Dixon SANTA MONICA, Calif. – Researchers who set out to explore connections between asbestos trusts and asbestos courts returned with guesswork because of a lack of factual evidence.
MARTINSBURG -- Walter M. Jones III, Managing Shareholder of the West Virginia law firm of Martin & Seibert has recently been selected to speak at the 12th National Forum on Consumer Finance Class Actions & Litigation at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress in Orlando, Fla.
MARTINSBURG -- Kay Fuller, Director of Litigation at the Martinsburg office of Martin & Seibert, has been recently nominated to speak at the 22nd National Advanced Forum on Bad Faith Litigation, in Orlando, FL.
Copenhaver CHARLESTON -- A federal jury on Thursday found that hormone therapy medicines manufactured by two Pfizer subsidiaries were not a cause in the development of a woman's breast cancer.
WASHINGTON – West Virginia mother Jennifer Workman plans to seek relief at the U.S. Supreme Court from state law requiring immunization of her daughter.
Kelly Griffith, who is a co-leader with Spilman Thomas & Battle's new electronic discovery practice group, spoke at AIDE's conference last week. (Photo by Kyla Asbury)
HUNTINGTON –- Technology is constantly evolving and changing the way we live, and one Marshall University organization is working to keep the legal community up-to-date with this change when it comes to evidence.
RICHMOND, Va. -- A federal appeals court on Thursday determined that a Charleston arbitration panel properly considered the validity of a 2008 agreement between Central West Virginia Energy and Bayer Cropscience LP.
Turner BRIDGEPORT -- Steptoe & Johnson is pleased to welcome James Turner, Member, Robert Edward "Booter" Ryan, Of Counsel, and Jessica Wiley, Associate, to its Charleston and Huntington offices.
Maloney CHARLESTON – The Republican candidate for governor says West Virginia's courts and legal system are "in urgent need of repair," but acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says he has worked hard to improve the state's legal climate and attract business to the state.
HUNTINGTON – The Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence will hold its second annual conference in July at the Marshall University Forensic Science Center in Huntington.
CHARLESTON –- The claim made by the former manager of a Charleston-area university's food service provider he was the victim of anti-immigrant fervor will now have to proven in federal court.
Fuller MARTINSBURG -- Martin & Seibert shareholder E. Kay Fuller has been selected as a speaker for a national conference on Insurance Bad Faith and Extra-Contractual Liability.